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16/09/2018 After his death, his older brother Benjamin Robinson, who was living and working in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia enquired about him.
16/09/2018 Hugh Robinson was the son of William Stewart Robinson and Mary Jane Robinson. William Robinson married Mary Burton on 30th August 1875 in the district of Cookstown.
16/09/2018 Speculated family: William Stewart Robinson, Mary Jane Robinson, William Robinson (born 19th June 1876, Cookstown), Benjamin Robinson (born 11th March 1879, Cookstown), Margaret Robinson (born 24th June 1881, Cookstown), James Robinson (born 29th March 1883, Cookstown), Margaret Robinson (born 29th March 1884, Stewartstown), Isabella Robinson (born 12th April 1887, Stewartstown), Hugh Robinson (born 22nd February 1889, Stewartstown).
16/09/2018 The family moved from Cookstown to Stewartstown around 1884.
16/09/2018 Hugh Robinson was born on 22nd February 1889 in Stewartstown. The exact make-up of the family is difficult to extrapolate but it seems as though there were eight children, Hugh being the youngest.
16/09/2018 Hugh emigrated to Australia.
16/09/2018 Prior to enlisting, Hugh lived in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, where he worked as an iron monger.
16/09/2018 Hugh enlisted with the 2nd Battalion Australian Imperial Force on 28th August 1914. He gave his next of kin as his father William Robinson, who was living at Box 22 West, Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
16/09/2018 He left Sydney, Australia on 18th October 1914 and arrived at Alexandria, Egypt on 18th December 1914.
16/09/2018 Private Hugh Robinson was serving with A company of the 2nd Battalion of the Australian Infantry when he was killed in action at Gallipoli on 10th May 1915.
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16/09/2018 Private Hugh Robinson originally interred in Browns Dip North Cemetery, 500 yards south of Anzac Cove.
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16/09/2018 He was part of the ANZAC forces (Australia/New Zealand Corps) which landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in April 1915 at Gaba Tepe, an area known as Anzac Cove. The force made little headway in the intense heat and with the Turkish forces holding the high ground, casualties were very high.
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16/09/2018 Private Hugh Robinson was later reburied at Lone Pine Cemetery, Turkey, about 18 miles from Anzac Cove.
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16/09/2018 The CWGC record Private Hugh Robinson as the son of William Stewart Robinson and Mary Jane Robinson, of Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He is recorded as being a native of County Tyrone, Ireland.
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30/12/2015
30/12/2015 This grave photo was taken by the Friends of the Somme Mid Ulster Branch on a visit to Gallipoli in September 2014.
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30/12/2015 Hugh Robinson's Australian Imperial Army attestation papers
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